Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Hope Viewpoint–Hope, 5 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 497 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Hope Viewpoint–Hope, 5 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park near Port Gamble, WA. The route reaches Hope Viewpoint. It climbs 497 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hope Viewpoint–Hope, 5 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 497 ft · 1 hr 53 min
Elevation 54–409 ft
Out & Back · Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park
Trailhead: 47.84860, -122.58746
Weather Aug 3: Overcast, high 71°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Tessa's, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Petrichor, heading W.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Night Owl, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Petrichor, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Spur Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Petrichor, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Hope Viewpoint.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Hope, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto E.T., heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Secret Squirrel, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Hope Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto E.T., heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hope, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Petrichor, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Spur Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Petrichor, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Night Owl, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Petrichor, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Tessa's, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 7:33 PM for the 8:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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